HPV Virus

2. What is HPV?
HPV stands for human papilomavirus.
There are more than 100 types of HPV.

3. What is HPV? (continued)
Non enveloped
Naked viruses
55 nm in diameter
Some types of HPV produce warts on the hands or
feet.
Double standard and super coil DNA.
HPV cause disease in human.

4. Diseases caused by HPV
Certain types of HPV in the genitals may cause
Genital warts (low-risk types)
Cell changes which may lead to cervical and certain
other cancers (high-risk types)
Most HPV infections will go away in eight to 13
months — some will not.
About 40 types of HPV can infect the genital area the
vulva, vagina, cervix, rectum, anus, or scrotum.

5. How is HPV spread?
Any kind of sexual activity involving skin to skin
genital contact with an infected person.
People with HPV may not show any signs or
symptoms, so they can pass the virus on without
knowing it.

6. What are the symptoms
of high-risk HPV infection?
High-risk types of HPV do not usually cause
any symptoms.
Most women feel fine even when they have
cell changes in their cervix that can lead to
cancer.

7. HPV Vaccine and Precautions
The HPV vaccine is given in 3 separate injections over
the course of 6 months.
It protects against four types of HPV
two that cause 70 percent of all cervical cancer
two that cause 90 percent of all genital warts.

8. HPV Vaccine and Precautions
Continued..
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves
the use of the HPV vaccine for girls and women
from age nine to 26.
The American Cancer Society recommends the
vaccine for women age 11 to age 18.